4 Your Eyez Only World Tour

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4 Your Eyez Only World Tour
Tour by J. Cole
4 Your Eyez Only World Tour.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album 4 Your Eyez Only
Start dateJune 1, 2017 (2017-06-01)
End dateDecember 9, 2017 (2017-12-09)
Legs3
No. of shows
  • 40 in North America
  • 17 in Europe
  • 5 in Oceania
  • 62 in total
Box office$35,600,000 [1]
J. Cole concert chronology
  • Dollar & A Dream Tour III: Friday Night Lights
    (2015)
  • 4 Your Eyez Only World Tour
    (2017)
  • KOD Tour
    (2018)

4 Your Eyez Only World Tour was a concert tour by American recording artist J. Cole, to support his fourth studio album 4 Your Eyez Only (2016). [2] Dreamville artists J.I.D, Ari Lennox and Lute served as opening acts on the first leg of the tour. [3] Rappers Anderson .Paak and Bas served as opening acts on the second leg of the tour, along with J.I.D and Ari Lennox. [4] Dreamville artists J.I.D., Ari Lennox and EarthGang served as opening acts on the European leg of the tour. [5]

Contents

Background

To further promote his fourth studio album, 4 Your Eyez Only , Cole announced 4 Your Eyez Only World Tour on February 21, 2017. [2] The tour was to include 62 dates across North America, Europe and Australia. The first 13 dates took place in smaller, intimate venues, while the remaining set of dates will take place in arenas. The tour began on June 1, 2017 in Columbia, South Carolina and concluded on December 9, 2017 in Perth, Australia. [6]

A limited-edition 4 Your Eyez Only collectors' set was made available for pre-order on February 22, 2017 via Dreamville's website, with a shipping and release date of April 28, 2017. [7] The bundle included 4 Your Eyez Only on vinyl, cassette and CD, or each could be purchased individually. The set also included limited artwork and 4 Your Eyez Only tour pre-sale access. [8]

Opening acts

Set list

  1. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
  2. "Immortal"
  3. "Deja Vu"
  4. "Ville Mentality"
  5. "Change" (with Ari Lennox)
  6. "Lights Please"
  7. "Nobody's Perfect"
  8. "Can't Get Enough"
  9. "Forbidden Fruit"
  10. "Neighbors"
  11. "Foldin Clothes"
  12. "She's Mine, Pt. 2"
  13. "Love Yourz"
  14. "Wet Dreamz"
  15. "A Tale of 2 Citiez"
  16. "G.O.M.D."
  17. "Power Trip"
  18. "No Role Modelz"
  19. "4 Your Eyez Only"
Notes

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, venue, attendance, revenue
DateCityCountryVenueAttendanceRevenue
North America [6]
June 1, 2017 Columbia United States The Senate1,140 / 1,200$40,215
June 2, 2017 Jacksonville Maverick's1,060 / 1,060$37,100
June 3, 2017 Tallahassee The Moon1,961 / 2,000$68,635
June 5, 2017 Jackson Hal and Mal's890 / 900$35,600
June 6, 2017 Birmingham Avondale2,050 / 2,100$71,750
June 7, 2017 Baton Rouge Varsity Theater800 / 800$32,000
June 9, 2017 Little Rock Metroplex2,521 / 2,521$88,235
June 11, 2017 Kansas City Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland 2,787 / 2,787$99,485
June 13, 2017 St. Louis The Pageant 2,000 / 2,000$74,335
June 14, 2017 Memphis The New Daisy Theatre 1,033 / 1,100$36,155
June 15, 2017 Louisville Mercury Ballroom 925 / 950$32,625
June 17, 2017 Norfolk Norva Theatre 1,450 / 1,450$50,750
June 18, 2017 Greensboro Cone Denim Entertainment Center915 / 949$33,985
July 6, 2017 Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena 12,043 / 13,853$862,208
July 8, 2017 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 11,055 / 11,429$917,931
July 9, 2017 Anaheim Honda Center 11,974 / 12,320$972,488
July 11, 2017 Inglewood The Forum 26,220 / 28,134$2,087,961
July 12, 2017
July 14, 2017 [4] Oakland Oracle Arena 26,137 / 27,032$2,129,932
July 15, 2017
July 17, 2017 Seattle KeyArena ——
July 19, 2017 Vancouver Canada Rogers Arena 13,196 / 13,196$776,114
July 22, 2017 Saint Paul United States Xcel Energy Center 8,477 / 16,872$578,814
July 24, 2017 Chicago United Center 12,143 / 14,439$1,139,097
July 25, 2017 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 8,581 / 14,015$678,450
July 28, 2017 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 26,071 / 26,071$2,717,007
July 29, 2017
August 1, 2017 Brooklyn United States Barclays Center 25,791 / 26,984$2,163,542
August 2, 2017
August 4, 2017 Boston TD Garden 11,975 / 12,338$1,166,353
August 5, 2017 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 10,103 / 10,544$787,157
August 6, 2017 Baltimore Royal Farms Arena 7,773 / 13,157$564,774
August 8, 2017 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena 11,572 / 15,211$956,912
August 9, 2017 Charlotte Spectrum Center 11,686 / 15,297$734,562
August 11, 2017 Duluth Infinite Energy Arena 10,058 / 10,533$765,227
August 14, 2017 Miami American Airlines Arena 11,990 / 12,330$991,465
August 16, 2017 Orlando Amway Center 9,363 / 10,498$750,411
August 18, 2017 Houston Toyota Center 10,585 / 11,050$909,708
August 19, 2017 Austin Frank Erwin Center 11,436 / 13,511$1,056,319
August 20, 2017 Dallas American Airlines Center 12,880 / 13,579$983,628
Europe [6]
September 29, 2017 Copenhagen Denmark Tap1——
September 30, 2017 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum ——
October 1, 2017 Stockholm Sweden Annexet ——
October 3, 2017 Cologne Germany Palladium——
October 5, 2017 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome ——
October 6, 2017 Berlin GermanyColumbiahalle——
October 7, 2017 Offenbach Stadthalle Offenbach ——
October 9, 2017 Zürich Switzerland Samsung Hall——
October 10, 2017 Paris France Le Zénith Paris - La Villette ——
October 12, 2017 Nottingham England Motorpoint Arena Nottingham ——
October 14, 2017 Birmingham Barclaycard Arena 13,249 / 15,305$884,823
October 15, 2017 London The O2 Arena ——
October 16, 2017
October 18, 2017 Dublin Republic of Ireland 3Arena ——
October 20, 2017 Cardiff Wales Motorpoint Arena Cardiff ——
October 21, 2017 Manchester England Manchester Arena 10,228 / 11,379$675,651
October 22, 2017 Leeds First Direct Arena 5,952 / 7,093$370,301
Oceania [6]
December 1, 2017 Auckland New Zealand Spark Arena ——
December 2, 2017 Brisbane Australia Riverstage ——
December 4, 2017 Sydney Hordern Pavilion 10,935 / 10,935$829,765
December 5, 2017
December 6, 2017 Melbourne Margaret Court Arena 6,350 / 6,350$521,250
December 9, 2017 Perth HBF Stadium 4,796 / 5,037$294,892
Total372,151 / 418,309 (88.97%)$28,967,612 [1]
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
July 18, 2017Vancouver, Canada Rogers Arena Rescheduled to July 19, 2017 [18]
July 21, 2017Saint Paul, Minnesota Xcel Energy Center Rescheduled to July 22, 2017 [18]
July 23, 2017Auburn Hills, Michigan The Palace of Auburn Hills Rescheduled to July 25, 2017 [18]
July 25, 2017Chicago, Illinois United Center Cancelled [18]

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